Estonian National Ballet: Giselle
Estonia Opera House Tallinn April, 2017 Stuart Sweeney I’ve been visiting Estonia for 15 years and this is the first time during that period that G…
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Estonian National Ballet, “Silent Monologues” and “Song of the Earth”
Estonia Opera House Tallinn 6th November 2016 Stuart Sweeney Estonian National Ballet’s new double bill featured Toomas Edur’s Silent Monologues …
Ben Stevenson’s Nutcracker in Tallinn
Estonian National Ballet Opera House, Tallinn, Estonia November 25, 2015 Stuart Sweeney I wonder how many performances of The Nutcracker wi…
Estonian National Ballet: The Goblin
Opera House, Tallinn, Estonia November 21, 2015 Stuart Sweeney The Goblin (Kratt) has a special place in Estonian dance as the first ballet …
Onegin comes to Tallinn
Estonian National Ballet, Opera House, Tallinn; March 19 & 22, 2015 Stuart Sweeney In March 2015 Estonian National Ballet premièred John…
Estonian National Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Estonian Opera House, Tallinn, Estonia; November 16, 2014 Stuart Sweeney As a professional ballet friend of mine told me, “Having “Sleeping …
Estonian National Ballet: Symbiont(s), Petrushka
Opera House, Tallinn, Estonia; November 23, 2013 Stuart Sweeney Wayne McGregor's “Symbiont(s)” can be seen as a landmark work: the first ense…
Wayne McGregor takes “Symbiont(s)” to Tallinn
Stuart Sweeney talks with the much in demand choreographer Still only 43, Wayne McGregor's career is multi-faceted and he occupies a unique posi…